Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1911. Avifauna of the Pleistocene cave deposits of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(16):385-400
Belongs to Bubo according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1911, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Bubo africanus, Bubo arvernensis, Bubo bubo, Bubo florianae, Bubo incertus, Bubo insularis, Bubo lacteus, Bubo leguati, Bubo poirrieri, Bubo scandiacus, Bubo sumatranus, Bubo virginianus
Type specimen: UCMP 7092, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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